Yorkshire Dales Walks

Family friendly Yorkshire Dales walks arranged by area

Do you want the best kid friendly walks in the Yorkshire Dales?

Of COURSE you do! And we have them here, all in one place! We live and breathe outdoors life in the Yorkshire Dales, which is why we have made it our mission to put together all of our favourite family friendly Yorkshire Dales walks. JUST for you, well you AND the Kids of course!

(Don’t say we don’t give you anything…)

We have spent years walking these walks, then re-walking them to make sure they are up to date and still EXCELLENT and we think we have just about ticked every box you can have for your kid friendly walking desires…

Are you looking for a walk with some epic waterfalls? Nailed it.

Are you looking for a walk that’s suitable for the youngest of explorers who are just learning to stretch their legs? Got those walks right here!

Are you looking for a challenge for an older kid who you are trying to tear away from Minecraft? I FEEL that! Got you a walk here.

Cool ruins? Trig points? Caves? Yorkshire Dales legends, looking for the park or just needing somewhere that’s pushchair friendly?

We have got you COVERED!

We love the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and we think you will too! So have a scroll down to see what family friendly Yorkshire Dales walks are on offer!

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Wharfedale Walks

Here, you’ll find all of our family friendly walks around Wharfedale in the Yorkshire Dales.

We’re talking Grassington, Burnsall, Kettlewell and more!

Wensleydale Walks

Here, you’ll find all of our family friendly walks around Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales.

We’re talking Hawes, Askrigg, Hardraw and more!

Swaledale Walks

Here, you’ll find all of our family friendly walks around Swaledale in the Yorkshire Dales.

We’re talking Keld, Gunnerside, Reeth and more!

Malham Walks

Here, you’ll find all of our family friendly walks around Malham in the Yorkshire Dales.

Yes, it has a whole page to itself!

Settle Walks

Here, you’ll find all of our family friendly walks around Settle in the Yorkshire Dales.

We’re talking Settle, Ingleton, Ribblehead and more!

Looking at Ibbeth's Peril waterfalls

Western Dales Walks

Here, you’ll find all of our family friendly walks around Sedbergh, Dentdale, Garsdale and Mallerstang in the Yorkshire Dales.

All our Family Friendly Walks on One Map!

What’s that I see? A MAP!?

Yes, that’s right, you guys asked, and here it is. The map of ALL the Reluctant Explorers family walks!

The one you can see is embedded so you can use it straight from the website, or if you’d prefer, you can view it straight in Google Maps, simple tap the link on the button below.

The benefit of using it directly from the website is that when you tap on each individual walk, you will find the page link to each walk, allowing you to jump straight to the walk information!

The map can be filtered as follows:

Family Walks (purple) | Pushchair Walks (pram) | Waterfall Walks (blue) | Walks Under Two Miles (yellow)

For more types of walks (pub walks, woodland walks etc. Head to the menus above where they are all categorised, depending on what you fancy!)

Scroll using the arrows for all our Family Friendly Walks

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Come follow our journey over on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok, where you’ll find up to date walk info, breaking news on Yorkshire Events, new Yorkshire Dales wild swim spots, climbing, caves and more!

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